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The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.
The Athletic's Mike Vorkunov on the business of basketball in 2025 and beyond
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
53 minutes
2 weeks ago
The Athletic's Mike Vorkunov on the business of basketball in 2025 and beyond
Episode 556 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Mike Vorkunov, a basketball writer at The Athletic who covers the intersection of business and basketball. He is also the host and founder of Business Decision, a new podcast and YouTube show that focuses on the intersection of sports, money and power. In this podcast we discuss the challenges of starting an independent podcast and YouTube show; the biggest challenge and biggest opportunities today for the NBA; the NBA's global interests; how the Kawhi Leonard-Clippers-Aspiration story will play out; the women's basketball space for business opportunities; the upcoming WNBA CBA negotiations; a primer on Project B, a prospective women's basketball league to rival the WNBA, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.